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[arik00]

How can i reformat the expression :
<url>http://blah.com</url> from a certain string to :
<a href="http://blah.com">http://blah.com</a>?

thanks in advance
Arik

[Heywood]

Personally, I would try

$string = strip_tags($string, '<url> </url>');

and get those tags out of there.

Then you are left with your string.

send it out like this:

print("<a href="$string">$string</a>[code]

or create another variable for a "friendly" name for the url. 

I don't have a machine here to test it on, but I am guessing this will work.

[Mega]

Originally posted by Heywood
Personally, I would try

$string = strip_tags($string, '<url> </url>');

and get those tags out of there.

Then you are left with your string.

send it out like this:

print("<a href="$string">$string</a>[code]

or create another variable for a "friendly" name for the url. 

I don't have a machine here to test it on, but I am guessing this will work. [/B][/QUOTE]


and then i spose u echo the rest of the string later?

if the tags are within a string then use [url] instead. Just incase you agree switch the <'s for \['s and \]'s

$string = preg_replace('#<url>(.*)</url>#iU', '<a href="\\1">\\1</a>', $string);

[arik00]

but it won't work if i got some text surrounding the string like:
"come check my <url>some url</url>"
if i'll strip the "<url></url>" then it would look something like this:
"come check my some url", and the link won't work, i need to brake it some how but i just don't know how...

thanks in advance
Arik

[arik00]

😃

Arik

[Mega]

my way wud work o_0

[arik00]

could you also give me the code this time change the "(",")" to "[","]"...

i posted it like that only becuase the forum shows this as a url, and then my message won't show right...

Arik

[Mega]

$string = preg_replace('#[url](.*)[/url]#iU', '<a href="\1">\1</a>', $string);